Phneological Studies on Trewia Nudiflora

Abstract

Trewia nudiflora Linn belongs to plant genus of the spurge family Euphorbiaceae, sub-family Acalyphoideae and is one of the important medicinal plants in Indian systems of medicine like Ayurveda, Siddha, etc. It has numerous phytochemical and pharmacological significance. The whole plant is alternative, stomachic and efficacious in swellings. The root decoction is beneficial in flatulence, stomachic, applied locally in form of poultice for the cure of gout rheumatism. Trewia nudiflora is distributed from Kumaon (Himalaya) region of Garwhal up to eastward to Assam and fruits were collected from Dehradun. Trewia nudiflora plants are unisexual. The phenological observations made showed that in the male and female plants from the month March to July.